Justin Bieber came on strong on Friday, but didn't have the stamina to take the weekend from defending champ Adam Sandler. Nipping on both Bieber and Sandler's heels were some hefty garden gnomes. Courting his core audience and the date crowd and perhaps alienating both to a certain degree, Just Go With It was below par for an Adam Sandler vehicle, but nonetheless marked his 11th No. 1 movie. It drew an estimated $31 million on around 4,900 screens at 3,548 locations, and it should dominate Valentine's Monday and the rest of the weekdays. Sandler's last romantic comedy, 50 First Dates, notched $39.9 million in its Feb. 2004 opening weekend, or the equivalent of over $51 million adjusted for ticket price inflation (though it was bolstered by Presidents Day). Attendance was also down from Sandler's prior February romantic comedy The Wedding Singer. For co-star Jennifer Aniston, Just Go With It's start was slightly better than her last February release,...
- 2/13/2011
- by Brandon Gray <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Valentine's Day led to the biggest Presidents' Day weekend, not to mention the highest-grossing February weekend ever. Overall Friday-to-Monday business came in at close to $240 million, up nine percent from the same holiday timeframe last year, which was the previous Presidents' benchmark. Also contributing to the bustling weekend were sizable samplings for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and The Wolfman and the continued strength of Avatar.
Playing on approximately 5,100 screens at 3,665 sites, Valentine's Day burst onto to the scene with a bountiful $63.1 million in four days, shooting past Ghost Rider's $52 million as the top Presidents' Day weekend debut ever. For the proper three-day weekend period, Valentine's posted $56.3 million, ranking as the second highest-grossing opening for a romantic comedy behind Sex and the City and doubling the debut of He's Just Not That Into You last February. Of course, Sunday, Valentine's Day, was the picture's biggest day, accounting for $23.4 million of the weekend.
Playing on approximately 5,100 screens at 3,665 sites, Valentine's Day burst onto to the scene with a bountiful $63.1 million in four days, shooting past Ghost Rider's $52 million as the top Presidents' Day weekend debut ever. For the proper three-day weekend period, Valentine's posted $56.3 million, ranking as the second highest-grossing opening for a romantic comedy behind Sex and the City and doubling the debut of He's Just Not That Into You last February. Of course, Sunday, Valentine's Day, was the picture's biggest day, accounting for $23.4 million of the weekend.
- 2/16/2010
- by Brandon Gray
- Box Office Mojo
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